Stand for supporting shampoo-bowls.



PATENTED DEC. 8, 1903.

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APPLICATION FILED FEB. 5. 41903- NO MODEL.

MELvIN ROMANs AND HARVEY ROMANS, oF OAKLEY, IDAHO, AssIeNoRs Patented December 8, 19032. n

UNITED STATES PATENT @Pricing OF ONE-HALF TO MILLARD ROMANS, OF OAKLEY, IDAHO.

STAND FOR'SU-PPORTING SHAMPOOBOWLS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 746,167, ,dated December 8, 1903. Application iiled February 5, 1.303. Serial'No. 142.075. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

vBe it known that we, MELvIN ROMANS and HARvEY ROMANS, citizens of the United States, residing at Oakley, in the county of Cassia and State of Idaho, have invented cer.-` tain new and useful Improvements in Stands for Supporting Shampoo-Bowls; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art towhich it appertains to make and use the same.

v This invention relates to stands for supporting shampoo-bowls.

The object of thev invention is to provide a stand designed to be disposed in rear of a barbers chair in such manner that when the chair is tilted back the bowl will be `supported below the head of the patron, enabling the barber to conveniently perform the operation of shampooing, yand a further object is to provide a stand which is readily adjustable to support the bowl at any height.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a view in elevation of a bowl-stand embodying our invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same, and Fig. 3 is a cross-section on line 3 3 of Fig. 2. f

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, the numeral 1 represents a base or pedestal, preferably hollow or .chambered and carrying a tubular standard 2, having a screw-threaded connection at its lower end hollow pedestal or base.

therewith and provided at its upper end with a screw cap or head 3. Extending through the head is a stem Il, which carries at its upper end a rack or basket 5 to support the shampoo-bowl 6 and projects downwardly therefromthrough the standard and into the The lower end of the standard is provided with grooves 7,which receive tongues 8 on a locking-head 9, disposed therein, said head being provided with a slot lO for passage of the stem and having in its lower face a groove 1l, extending at right angles to said slot. These tongues and grooves permit of the ready application and removal of the locking-head when the standard is detached from the base, and the lock-v ing-head is normally held from Withdrawal by a set-screw 8a. The inclosed portion of formed by alternately providing the stem with enlargements l2 and interconnecting reduced necks 13, the said enlargements be:

ing of a width adapted to readily pass through. the slot in the locking-head when disposed longitudinally thereof, as shown in Fig. 3, but of too great a width to pass through said slot when turned at right angles thereto. this construction it will be seen that the stem may be adjusted vertically to supportthe bowl at any height and locked' in adjusted position by simply elevating or depressing it to the proper point'and then turning it aXi# ally to bring one` of the reduced portions thereof into the slot lO and the underlying enlarged portion at right angles to said slot and in position to fit within the groove in the under sideof the locking-head, by which means the enlarged portion ofthe stem next above will rest upon the head and will support the stem against downward movement. In practice the bowl is adapted to be supported by the stand, as stated, and below a suitable head-rest adapted to support the head of the person to be shampooed immediately above the bowl7 and the construction and mode of mounting the stem permit of its adjustment to enable the bowl to be disposed at any desired distance below the head of the person and in such convenient position thereto as to enable the barber to perform the work of shampooing with facility.

From the `foregoing descriptiomtaken in,

connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction, operation, and advantages of our invention will be readily-apparent, it is thought, without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion,

and the minor details of construction may be ing a standard having a vertical bore and a chamber in the lower end thereof, a base screwed to the lower end of the standard and closing the lower sideof the chamber, said roo n base also having a bore, coincident with that ing vertical series of notches in opposite sides of the standard, a locking-plate detachably to engage and dsengage the sides of the said Secured in the chamber, having a slot coincislot, substantially as described. i5 dent with the bores of the standard and base In testimony whereof We have hereunto set 5 and also having projectionsat its sides7 the our hands in presence of two subscribing Witchamber being formed with notches in its nesses.

sides engaged by said projections to prevent the locking-plate from turning, and a vertigIXTIENYROyANS cally-adjustable stem having a bowl-support- R MANS Io ing stand at its upper end, said stem eXtend` Witnesses;

ing downwardly in the bore of the standard B. P. I-IOWELLS,

through the slot of the locking-plate, and hav- WM. R. ROBINSON. 

